Alphabetical Listing of Education Acronyms A level — Advanced level examinations ABE — Adult Basic Education ACE — Advisory Centre for Education ACL — Adult Community Learning ACPC — Area Child Protection Committee AI — Assigned Inspector ALI — Adult Learning Inspectorate ALIS — A Level Indicator System AoC — Association of Colleges ALPS — Advanced Level Performance System APT&C …

Alphabetical Listing of Chemistry Acronyms (PI)SDCI — (pi)-electron Singly And Doubly Excited CI (SC)2(CI+PT2) — Self-consistent Size-consistent (CI+second-order Perturbation) (SC)2CI — Self-consistent Size-consistent CI 2DEG — Two-dimensional Electron Gas 2DHG — Two Dimensional Hole Gas 2MASS — Two Micron All-Sky Survey 2PH TDA — Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation (for Closed-shell 2PPE — Two-photon Photoemission 3A — Alumina Aluminide Alloys 3DAP — …

Alphabetical Listing of Computer Acronyms ACL — Access Control List ADC — Analog-to-Digital Converter ADF — Automatic Document Feeder ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP — Accelerated Graphics Port AIFF — Audio Interchange File Format AIX — Advanced Interactive Executive ANSI — American National Standards Institute API — Application Program Interface ARP — Address Resolution Protocol ASCII — American …

Alphabetical Listing of Chatting Acronyms AFAIK — As Far As I Know AFK — Away From Keyboard AKA — Also Know As ASAP — As Soon As Possible B4 — Before BAK — Back At Keyboard BBL — Be Back Later BBS — Be Back Soon BCNU — Be Seeing You BFN — Bye For Now BRB — Be Right …

Alphabetical Listing of Business and Finance Acronyms ADC — Association of District Councils ADR — American Depository Receipt AEF — Aggregate External Finance AIG — American International Group AIR — Assumed Interest Rate ALACE — Association of Local Authority Chief Executives AME — Annually Managed Expenditure AMEX — American Express (credit Card) APR — Annual Percentage Rate ARM — Adjustable …

Alphabetical Listing of Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms (A3) — Armor/anti-armor (AA3) — Accident Analysis Computer Program (C3) — Command (C4) — Center For Clouds (ES) — Sporadic E 3CPO — Cloud Chemistry And Cloud Physics Organization 4DDD — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation A&C — Abatement & Control A&R — Air And Radiation A/C — Aircraft A/C — Air Conditioning A/D — …

Alphabetical Listing of Astronomy Acronyms A&A — Astronomy And Astrophysics AACS — Attitude And Articulation Control Subsystem AAO — Anglo-Australian Observatory AAS — American Astronomical Society AAS — American Astronautical Society AAVSO — American Association of Variable Star Observers AC — Atlas Centaur ACE — Advanced Composition Explorer ACF — Automated Control Function ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer ACRIM — …

Bataan Day commemorates those who lost their lives defending the peninsula of Bataan (in the Philippines) against the Japanese in 1941 – 42 and those who subsequently died on the “Bataan Death March”. Also called “Day of Valor”. Celebrated on April 9th, each year. Bataan Day or Day of Valor (called Araw ng Kagitingan in native Filipino) is celebrated in …

Carnevale di Venezia — The Carnival of Venice is a public masquerade party associated with the Catholic calendar, celebrated between 1 to 12th of February. It is not an official holiday. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans (State of Louisiana) is the equivalent of carnival in the United States. The Carnival of Venice is not an official holiday, but it …

Ridvan is a significant Baha’i observance that centers on the revelations of its founding prophet. Celebrated between April 21 and May 2 (The holiday always begins on the thirteenth day of the Baha’i month of Jalal.) it is considered to be the most important Baha’i festival. The first (April 21), ninth (April 29) and twelfth (May 2) days of Ridvan …